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in CultureBanksy’s Laugh Now features which animal?
Banksy’s Laugh Now is one of his earliest artworks, first created in 2002, depicting a monkey wearing a sandwich board with the text, “Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge.”
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in CultureIn which architectural style were New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris designed?
Radio City Music Hall and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées were designed in Art Deco architectural style. Other famous Art Deco buildings include New York’s Empire State and Chrysler, the Hammersmith Apollo theater in London, the Majorca building in Melbourne, and Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes._x000D_
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in CultureWhat is “Montjoie Saint Denis!”?
Montjoie Saint Denis! was the battle cry and motto of the Kingdom of France. The French first used it during the reign of Louis VI of France._x000D_
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in CultureWho is the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner?
Pakistani activist for female education Malala Yousafzai, the Taliban shot, is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She received the prize in 2014 when she was 17._x000D_
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in CultureWhat is Colorism?
Oxford Languages define colorism as prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group._x000D_
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in CultureWho is the first gay man on a British banknote?
The Bank of England began circulating its new £50 banknotes featuring World War II codebreaker Alan Turing on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, the pioneering math genius’s 109th birthday. Turing is the first gay man on a British banknote.
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in CultureWho said, “Women belong in the kitchen”?
In Seven Against Thebes, 467 B.C., the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus wrote: “Let women stay at home and hold their peace.” Get the FAQts!
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What is NFT art?
Find out what is NFT art: In essence, NFT art is a digital art piece with a unique sellable identity. NFT stands for non-fungible tokens. Get the FAQts!
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What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient fragments of biblical texts dating back almost 2,000 years and thought to have been hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome.